Tag: war

• Hannibal ad portas

  “Hannibal ad portas! Hannibal ad portas! Hannibal ad portas!“ Three times the evil tribe’s sighter cried out, so worsenings by lore arrive. Having completed his report, that sorest decree The breathless scout fell down unrestoringly, ensured of glory’s leaves. To flound’ring heart his yet-unstoried hand brief clamoured The foundling died without further sound, unphantomed unto…

  alchemisland

  16th May 2026

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• The Unplanned Sun

  You can have ties that bind Or goodbyes all the time; Robert Graves’ sand-drawn line. In my mind Her licked thumb perfecting my patina Gina tying my tie before I went out with a Pope-due fuss Someone mutters to instant hush Candles on guttering-cusp widen like o’erfed childs Sound-roused, back to the line Having been…

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  21st Jan 2026

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• Glimpses of tomorrowmaybe

  Her visits are never timely but always serve to enfire me I’ve just now razed the batch about which her query was raised, so she’s just in time like a musical phrase Flickering fires licking at uninnocent files Adjusting them from whole cloth to ash pile The return of animism and old lives among the…

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  7th Jan 2026

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• The fearless cannot flee

  The fearless cannot flee, even as those holding walls fall to scree They see no danger, death seems not only distant but an impossibility They ride out from the safety of the inner keep to the overtaken streets Blades in hand, shaken aloft, you will never take us alive, they adopt Bear fury, conjuring from…

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  26th Aug 2024

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• Violence of cavalry charge

  Come to drain the boils of rancid cancer The needle wielding horsemen handsome Lancers on panting horses Coming down a painted mountain Like a flood coming to drown them On the backs of sweating four legged panzers Black breathy sweating panthers, lathered flanks like tough leather Sinewy legs, much rider and ridden faced together One…

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  18th Aug 2024

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